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Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

1932-08-31

Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

Age: 92

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Biography

Alanis Obomsawin, OC (born August 31, 1932) is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent. Born in New Hampshire, and raised primarily in Quebec, she has produced and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations culture and history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alanis Obomsawin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known for:

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Bones of Crows

Capturing Reality

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Eliza's Horoscope

Is the Crown at war with us?

Mother of Many Children

Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Our People Will Be Healed

The Hoarder

Christmas at Moose Factory

Incident at Restigouche

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Amisk

No Address

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

Our Nationhood

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Waseteg

The Devil's Share

Bonsoir bonsoir!

La semaine des 4 Julie

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

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Filmography:

The Hoarder (1969)
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Writer
Christmas at Moose Factory (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Moose Call (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
History of Manawan - Part One (1972)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Translator
History of Manawan - Part Two (1972)
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Director, Producer, Translator
Children (1972)
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Director
The Canoe (1972)
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Director
Partridge (1972)
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Director

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Snowshoes (1972)
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Director
Eliza's Horoscope (1975)
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Indian Maiden
Xusum (1975)
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Director
Basket (1975)
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Director
Salmon (1975)
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Director
Puberty - Part 1 (1975)
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Director
Puberty - Part 2 (1975)
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Director
Farming (1975)
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Director

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Mount Currie Summer Camp (1975)
WORK AS:
Director
Objects in Our Daily Lives (1975)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Mother of Many Children (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora (1979)
WORK AS:
Script, Director
Sounds from Our People: Old Crow (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Sounds From Our People: Gabriel Goes to the City (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Director
Cold Journey (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Cree Way (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Director, Script
Incident at Restigouche (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Producer
No Address (1988)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Script
Le patro Le Prévost - 80 Years Later (1991)
WORK AS:
Writer, Producer, Director, Script
Walker (1991)
WORK AS:
Director
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Script, Producer, Writer
My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Producer
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (1998)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
Is the Crown at war with us? (2003)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Our Nationhood (2003)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Cinematography
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (2006)
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Producer, Writer, Director
Gene Boy Came Home (2007)
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Director
Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?' (2009)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Waseteg (2010)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
When All the Leaves Are Gone (2010)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
The People of the Kattawapiskak River - Six Months Later (2012)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
The Federal Court Hearing (2012)
WORK AS:
Producer, Director, Writer
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights (2013)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Trick or Treaty? (2014)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Director, Researcher, Writer
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice (2016)
WORK AS:
Director
Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
Our People Will Be Healed (2017)
WORK AS:
Director
Walking Is Medicine (2017)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Producer, Director
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (2019)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer, Researcher
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair (2021)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
Don Burnstick In Kattawapiskak (2021)
WORK AS:
Director
Theo Fleury Visits Kattawapiskak (2021)
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Director
Upstairs With David Amram (2022)
WORK AS:
Scenario Writer, Director
Wabano: The Light of the Day (2022)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Bones of Crows (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
TRC Film Director
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court (2023)
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Director
Kattawapiskak Elementary School (2023)
WORK AS:
Director
Outdoor Art Gallery (2023)
WORK AS:
Director
My Friend the Green Horse (2024)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Director, Writer